Contd from 07-07-14........ E- Satsang members missed out all our previous postings can read them in my timeline.... GREAT SAYINGS FROM SWAMI PAPA RAMDAS..... 1. Just as you require a ladder to go upstairs, so name and form are ladders or symbols for us. We cannot think of the Impersonal. Then how to reach It? Through name and form. Sound arrests the restlessness of the mind. Repetition of Ram Nam is only a means to an end. You have to eliminate the mind by any process or Sadhana (Practice). Ramdas found repetition of the Name to be the easiest. Name does away with the veil of ignorance most effectively and you become one with the Self, on the disappearance of the ego. It is called Upasana.(Worship) You feel God’s presence near you through some Sadhana. Ram Nam is the easiest Sadhana by which you feel the presence of God with you. Attunement of the mind with the Name will take you beyond the Name, and then the presence of God will be felt everywhere around you and in you, because He is all-pervading. 2. Unless we have constant remembrance of God, we cannot realise Him, or attain eternal happiness that is His nature. What we think of, that we become. By thinking of God always, we become God and enjoy Divine Bliss. If, through forgetfulness, we do not think of Him, we shall not attain Him. If we have real love for Him, we shall never forget him. 3. Whenever we face any problem, we tend to treat the immediate cause, either being unaware of, or ignoring the root cause. By doing so, we may get temporary relief but the problem recurs. We then seek other remedial measures, but a permanent solution eludes us. Having thus exhausted all our resources, we seek God’s intervention, through prayer. Intense prayer from the bottom of our heart makes us realize that a lasting solution to our problems is found only through constant God-remembrance – by chanting of His name, meditating on His attributes and filling the mind with noble thoughts and the ideal – coupled with regular reading of spiritual books, selfdenial and sacrifice. !!! More devotion through e-satsang to follow - Be blessed !!! -------------------- Regards & Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan: Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Pl visit namadwaar.org/home.php or listen and chant along with the tune... Sri Sri Muralidhara swamijis Maha Mantra Keerthanam... youtube/watch?v=TsAWsd-XVOI
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 03:38:46 +0000